tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post6198864702014526036..comments2023-10-20T05:08:23.530-07:00Comments on Katrina's Reads: Les Miserables - Part Two: Cosette (SPOILERS)katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-83895798651721274292011-04-19T07:36:39.384-07:002011-04-19T07:36:39.384-07:00While I will agree that one can skip or skim the W...While I will agree that one can skip or skim the Waterloo sections, I'm going to disagree about needing an editor.<br /><br />Part of the fun for me, and part of what makes these huge books so good, is that they are so huge. The depth of detail, even the sermonizing, are part of what makes them a unique class of novel. If they were lean and mean like so much of modern fiction is, they would lose part of what makes them wonderful.<br /><br />I first read an abridged version of Les Miserables, not knowing it was abridged. It moved along at a break-neck pace, was lots of fun, a real page-turner even at almost 400 pages. I think the longer, slower version, the one you really have to work your way through, is the better one.<br /><br />That's the end of my sermon. ;-PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.com